US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An edited form of this photograph appeared in "Style at a Price their Aim," Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar 1936: A6. Jean Getzman was edited out of the photograph in the paper. Left to right, Jonnie Jean Harris, Barbara Allen, Jean Getzman. Harris wears a maxi skirt and matching belted jacket and top. Allen wears a flutter-sleeved gingham belted tea-length dress and lace up oxfords. Getzman wears a long dress of flowy material and a ruffled neckline. They stand next to a curtained alcove or the edge of a stage. The contest was held at Burdette Hall in the Philharmonic Auditorium, on the evening of March 24, 1936. Text accompanying photograph in paper: Misses Jonnie Jean Harris and Barbara Allen of the Girls' Corner Club were winners in the first style show, when members competed for awards by making their own gowns at a cost not to exceed $1.50. Mrs. Francis Neth was chairman of the contest and judges were Princess Der Ling, Peggy Hamilton and Carrie Jacobs Bond. Text from negative sleeve: 5010-[stamp] APR 29 1936. Corner Club. Misses Jonnie Jean Harris. Barbara Allen. Jean Getzman.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14187 ark:/21198/zz002j7qrc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fashion shows--California--Los Angeles Contests--California--Los Angeles Women--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940 Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Allen, Barbara Girls' Corner Club (Organization) Getzman, Jean Harris, Jonnie Jean, approximately 1914-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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